Artist
Giovanni Bellini
Republic of Venice
Giovanni Bellini is a Republic of Venice Early Renaissance painter. 60 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art, most of them oil paintings.
Giovanni Bellini (Italian: ; Venetian: Zuane Belin; c. 1430 – 29 December 1516) was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. He was raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, formerly thought to have been his father, but now that familial generational relationship is questioned. An older brother, Gentile Bellini, was more highly regarded than Giovanni during his lifetime, but the reverse is true today. His brother-in-law was Andrea Mantegna. Giovanni Bellini was considered to have revolutionised Venetian painting, moving it toward a more sensuous and colouristic style. Through the use of clear, slow-drying oil paints, Giovanni created deep, rich tints and detailed shadings. His sumptuous colouring and fluent, atmospheric landscapes had a great effect on the Venetian painting school, especially on his pupils Giorgione and Titian. The Bellini cocktail is named in his honour.
Works by Giovanni Bellini
An Episode from the Life of Publius Cornelius Scipio
Giovanni Emo
Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child with Saints
Saint Jerome Reading
The Feast of the Gods
Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Child
The Infant Bacchus
Madonna and Child in a Landscape
Madonna and Child
Lehman Madonna
Portrait of a Young Man
Portrait of a Venetian Gentleman
Portrait of a Young Man in Red
Madonna and Child
The Virgin and Child between two Saints
Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels
Naked Young Woman in Front of the Mirror
Madonna with Child
Madonna and Child
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